Man jumps into moving car to save woman

Last updated: August 14, 2014 - 10:29pm


Rescue personnel move Virginia Lindenmuth to a nearby ambulance after she was rescued from a car submerged in the pond at Ideal Park in Locust Township Thursday afternoon. (Jimmy May/Press Enterprise)
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